Bijie Feixiong Airport Starts Operation

In mid-June, China United Airlines flight KN2733 from Beijing to Bijie touched down at the Bijie Feixiong Airport, marking not only the airport’s start of operations, but also the entrance of China’s remote Wumeng Mountain region into the modern transportation era.

The airport is located in the Shuangshan New District in Bijie, a city of China's Guizhou province, and is a Category 4C regional civil airport. The construction of the airport started back in May of 2011 with an estimated investment of 1.05 billion Yuan. Today, the airport occupies an area of 1.61 square kilometers.

The Bijie Feixiang airport is yet another addition to southwest China’s fastest growing and most integrated system of regional airports. The floor space of the terminal takes up an area of 7 square kilometers, and can accommodate up to 500,000 passengers per year. By the year 2020, passenger numbers are expected to reach 200,000 per year, along with an estimated 2,980 takeoffs and landings.

6月中旬，随着北京至毕节的KN2733次航班平稳降落，贵州毕节飞雄机场正式通航，我国乌蒙山区腹地进入立体交通时代。

毕节飞雄机场位于贵州省毕节市双山新区响水乡飞雄村，是我国4C级民用支线机场。机场于2011年5月开工建设，占地面积161.16公顷，预计总投资为10.5亿元。

毕节飞雄机场是我国西南地区同类机场建设速度最快、配套设施最完善的支线机场之一。航站楼建筑面积7100平方米，可满足年旅客吞吐量50万人次使用需求。预计到2020年，飞雄机场年旅客吞吐量将达到20万人次，飞机起降2980架次。